Mohamed Ennaceur

Mohamed Ennaceur (21 March 1934-) was President of Tunisia from 25 July to 14 October 2019, succeeding Beji Caid Essebsi and preceding Kais Saied.

Biography
Mohamed Ennaceur was born in El Djem, Tunisia in 1934, and he worked for the United Nations and the Arab League before serving as Governor of Sousse from 1972 to 1973, Minister of Social Affairs from 1974 to 1977, from 1979 to 1985, and in 2011. In 2014, he joined the Nidaa Tounes party, serving as its President from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, as Speaker of the Assembly of Representatives of the People, he became interim President on the death of President Beji Caid Essebsi, but the 85-year-old Ennaceur also fell into ill health in late July 2019, shortly after Essebsi's death. In October 2019, an expedited presidential election was held, and the conservative independent Kais Saied was elected with over 70% of the vote.